Carl Hiaasen

To stand in the main gallery at Orlando Museum of Art is to be surrounded by greatness. Playwright Edward Albee, of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" fame, looks out from one wall; artist Robert Rauschenberg from another. There's "Tales of the South Pacific" author James A. Michener; over there is Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the writer and environmentalist. Pulitzer Prize winners, critical darlings, innovators and thinkers: The exhibition is a snapshot of the artistic and literary minds that have graced Florida through the decades. Actually, it's a lot more than a snapshot. It's an unparalleled collection of black-and-white photographic portraits by...

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Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $16.99, ages 10 and up
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